Ch.1 of forever.
The beginning starts an hour after Liono Saw Cheetara Kiss Tygra and, in his jealousy, ran away to escape his collapsing world. But why is it collapsing? What secret is he hiding? Read and find out.
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He had run for so long, until his legs ached, until he was too tired to think straight. What he saw, it was a betrayal, not only of his love, but his loyalty. Liono might have never expressed his feelings for his brother, but he still held him close to his heart, despite how he acted. To see his brother, the one he loved, kissing someone other than himself, it hurt so much, he had to get away.
He did not doubt that they would go looking for him, but he was sure they wouldn't even notice for a while longer. He had heard what she said to him, she loved him, ever since the day he left her a single flower while she waited outside the clerisy. He felt broken, like he would never be able to feel again. He started to go numb from the pain his heart felt, and the rain that started dropping in a slow drizzle did nothing to calm his menagerie of emotions.
Taking a seat at the base of a tree on a cliff overlooking the Elephant's village some distance away, he looked down and saw little lights slowly moving across the gardens and walkways of the large city. He wondered how long it would be now; shifting his gaze to the waterfall on his right, he thought for a moment if it would hurt to die. He could do it, jump. But would he… would he try to reveal his feelings for Tygra, should he even bother? Liono never felt like his brother was the type to fall for cats like him, for other males in general.
"No, of course he wouldn't, he'd think it would make him weak." Liono said to himself, catching rapid flickering out of the corner of his eye. Looking back at the village he saw a light dashing about, the tell-tale glow that proceeded them evidence enough of just who it was running about. He sighed as he shuffled himself around to the other side of the tree, so he couldn't see anything that would make the pain burn worse.
-Down in the village- [Cheetara]
Cheetara ran around frantically, searching for the lord of the Thundercats, her speed allowing her to cover more distance in less time. She searched behind rocks, up in trees, in and around houses, and through all of the uninhabited ruins around the village, and still she found no trace of him.
"It's like he just vanished," she said before turning around to see if Tygra found anything.
-"- [Tygra]
"Dammit where did that idiot run off to?" Tygra yelled, a question posed more to himself than the people staring at this overly loud Tiger. Like Cheetara, he was searching frantically for his brother. He had known Liono to up and go off on his own, but he would usually tell someone where he was going first. He didn't think the Elephants were so forgetful that they wouldn't remember seeing a cat running off. He hoped that nothing bad had happened to his brother, but again this was his brother, and trouble seemed to find him one way or another. The thought of this made him increase his pace, but after a little while longer he realized the boy wasn't in the village anymore, and ran back to start a new search.
-"- [ Panthro, Wilykit/kat]
"Gah I wonder what's taking them both so long, I mean really how hard is it to find one person, it's not like Liono disappeared from the village, he just has to be around here somewhere, I wish they'd hurry up," Wilykat whined, crashing down across the seat of the Thundertank with a -pomf-
"Calm yourself, I'm sure they'll be back in a minute," Panthro said, agitated by the young one's constant whining.
"Or maybe they are back now" Wilykit exclaimed as she raised her head from laying down on the top of the tank to see Cheetara sprinting toward them with Tygra coming up behind her.
"Where's Liono?"Panthro asked, not seeing the young Lion with them.
"He's not in the village anymore, his scent is just, gone," Tygra breathed as he panted, worn out from his tireless searching.
Cheetara was about to agree but the elder of the Elephants came up behind them and looked around, looking surprised.
"So he really did leave then, which means…" The elder looked down at the Cheetah and Tiger in front of him.
"Did you two really kiss then?" he asked them, his eyebrow raised inquisitively.
Tygra looked to Cheetara, with their mouths opened in awe while the three behind them had their mouths open in gasps, shocked by the question in their own way.
"That's not any of your business, why would it matter if we did or not?" Tygra asked, annoyed at such an invasion of their privacy.
"Because that is why Liono left…" he revealed, the shocked looks on their face betraying their confusion.
"He couldn't bear the sight of Cheetara kissing someone who wasn't him, huh. Still, that's no reason to abandon your team." Tygra seethed, about to continue, but was stopped as the Elder one held up his hand and spoke.
"He did not abandon you, in fact he was looking this way not moments ago, can't you feel him?" he asked, causing the others to look around, finding nothing.
"you will not find him here, rather, you will find him up there," He finished, pointing to a cliff in the distance, where everyone could see a slight glimmer…
"His gauntlet," Tygra sighed. "He never was any good at stealth."
"Perhaps he did it so that you could find him, he did ask though, that if I told anyone he left, to make sure it was only you who went to him Tygra."
"And why would he want that?" the Tiger asked.
"If you cannot feel it, even after all this time, then maybe it should only be you who goes to him." The Elephant finished, nodding to the rest and walking off, ignoring Tygra as he tried to stop the hulking figure.
"What will you do Tygra?" Cheetara asked him after he finally calmed enough to talk.
"I guess I'm going to find out what his problem is," he responded, but before leaving he added:
"If I'm not back by sunrise, come looking for me," and walked out of the village, towards the cliff where Liono waited.